Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic Species (WGSASP) session on the assessment of European anchovy and sardine in the Adriatic Sea
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A session of the Working Group on Stock Assessment of Small Pelagic Species (WGSASP) on the assessment of European anchovy and sardine in the Adriatic Sea was carried out online on 19 May 2022. The main objectives of this meeting were to update the assessments of the two priority species based on year n-1 data (reference year 2021) as requested by Recommendation GFCM/44/2021/20 on a multiannual management plan for the sustainable exploitation of small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic Sea (GSAs 17 and 18).
Based on data provided by relevant contracting parties and cooperating non-contracting parties for 2021 (year n-1), the assessments of European anchovy and sardine were updated with two extra years of data. Anchovy in GSAs 17 and 18 was found to be in overexploitation (Fcurr/FMSY ratio: 1.15) with biomass above reference points (SSBcurr/Bpa ratio: 1.1) while the sardine stock was considered to be overexploited and in overexploitation, on a precautionary basis.